Operational Placement

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About Airbus

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defence as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader. In 2016, it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000.

Airbus is at the forefront of the aviation industry, building the most innovative commercial aircraft and consistently capturing about half of all commercial airliner orders. Thanks to its deep understanding of changing market needs, customer focus and technological innovation, Airbus helps airlines grow and people connect.

Operational Placement

The Broughton plant manufactures wings for all airbus commercial aircraft and the operational management teams are responsible for delivering wings to our customers in the final assembly lines in Hamburg and Toulouse. These exciting internships offer the opportunity to work in wing manufacturing on a massive scale.

Roles are available in both A380 and Single Aisle Wing Manufacturing. These teams within Broughton consists of over 2000 operators, engineers and support staff to ensure this critical manufacturing process achieves the cost and quality commitments demanded by our customers.

As an intern you will work directly alongside an operational management or dedicated project team and be given the best possible understanding of the physical, financial and social challenges faced by large corporations. All of our intern managers have first had experience of the early careers programmes in Airbus so are able to ensure that personal development goals as well as business goals are met during the placement.

All of the placements will give you the opportunity to:

• Lead performance improvement projects,
• Practically apply lean manufacturing tools and techniques
• Work on the analysis of rate changes and impacts to production systems
• Work within multi-functional teams giving insight into design, procurement, logistics and quality.
• Gain real life experience in the world of aircraft manufacture.

Tasks

For this internship you will be based in an operational area working with a project team, giving you first-hand experience of wing manufacturing in the UK.

During your internship you will be supporting, on time and efficiently, a manager or a team in project, operational, planning or organisational tasks.

Reporting to the project management team in the business area, you will be given specific tasks and responsibilities to help the business achieve its operational objectives. Topics will include:

• Environmental Planning.
• Small investment business cases and spend management.
• NPO (Non Payroll Overhead) spend and improvement projects.
• Operator involvement scheme support.
• Understanding and support of the EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) controller in driving health and safety related improvement projects.

The activities undertaken throughout the year will give you sound experience of working in a manufacturing environment using Lean principles, project planning, practical problem solving and ICT tools.

Skills

You must be an undergraduate for the duration of the placement studying towards a business or relevant engineering degree. A high level of proficiency in Excel skill is required. You should also have experience of working in groups or teams, and technical interests outside of your studies are favourable. Basic understanding of lean manufacturing methods is a plus.

Contact

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments to allow you to access and participate fully in the recruitment process. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. If you wish to discuss this further please contact via email interns@airbus.com. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

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